Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> So I think experience since David's original email bears him out. It
> does seem to make a difference whether or not the spec has an official
> versioning hook. It doesn't prevent versioning mechanisms for bug
> compatibility from being created, but it does limit their effectiveness
> in producing anti-competitive side effects.
Without wishing to over-simplify things, is this concern
about "anti-competitive side effects" what lies at the
heart of much of the opposition to versioning ? If so,
it is a pity that this wasn't made explicit at the outset.
Philip TAYLOR